Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-19
THE SIGHTS OF LONDON.
The Colonial Exhibition-south Kensing-
ton Museum-A Hint.

The Colonial Exhibition-south Kensing-
ton Museum-A Hint.
The fact that London is the world las
well as the rest of the biblical quotaiion)
seems of late years to be dawning ON
American travellers. Paris used to be the
Mecca of Americans, but now it is Lon
don. The exhibitions have doubtless as
sisted in causing this change of feeling.
Last year was one of the best years for
taking a trip around the world in Lon
don. / devoted the ten days that re-
manned of the Colonial exhibition when I
reached London in going around the
world, and did it in that time, beating
Jules Verne's record by seventy days.
There a person saw the wonderful carv-
ings Of India with the native workmen
finishing them. There were tigers in
their jungles a natural as life and more
harmless. There were the houses of the
natives of New Zealand-not reproduced,
but the actual buildings. There were
great arches Of gilded work which
showed the exact bulk of gold dug up in
Australia. There were the diamond
workers Of South Africa and models of
the mines. Tie people of every country
around the globe were there to speak and
to answer questions.
II you go to Egypt you will find that
the best preserved mummy in the world
lies in the British museum, while the
original Of the Rosetta stone, the key to
the Egyptian language, and .'Memnon's
statue which at sunrise played" lies in
the same storehouse. II you got to India
they will tell you that the most famous
statue of Buddha, a splendid bronze
figure fifteen feet high, is in the South
Kensington museum. Nearly all the
birds in the world are in the splendid
new Natural History museum. In Rome
you will see, ] think, only four specimens
from Michael Angeles chisel. London
has one of his first statues, Eros, finished
when he was "a, and his last work
never comprehension Sebastian, with
the great artists last chisel marks on it.
There are also twelve smaller works by
Michael Angelo in South Kensington.
In the cathedral at Bots lie Due was a
rood loft of 1923, the most perfect ex-
ample of French renaissance in existence.
II you go to Holland to see it you will
find that it now covers a wall 60x40 in
South Kensington. The original marble
c~antoria, or singing gallery, by D'Agnolo,
is not in Florence, where it was set up in
1900, but in South Kensington. The
grandest remains If Greek sculpture are
not in Athens, but in the Elgin room of
the British museum. The head of Arte-
mis-, representing the finest period Of
Greek art, is in the Artemis ward of the
Witt collection. To come down to mod
EN- times and a modern country, the
American will see in the Invention muse
um the original Bell telephone, and al.
though he will doubtless breathe a wish
that all his progeny were there also. he
will see how little his country cares
about preserving interesting relics. There
also are most of Eiison's first models Of
inventions, including the photograph.
London does not yet possess the declara.
ton Of independence, but some future
administration will likely sell it il it gets
good cash offer.
In conclusion, il any person THINKS Of
making a tour If the world in the man.
ner indicated ! would advise him TO get
nice comfortable furnished apartments
within easy distance of South Kensing-
ton. He can get a front parlor with a
bedroom adjoining, on the ground floor,
for from fifteen shillings TO a couple Of
guineas a week, depending on the local.
ity, and this will include attendance, /.
e., the care Of his rooms, the preparation
Of his meals and the backing of his
boots. He may buy his own provision.
and so live at cost price-deducting o
percentage for the support Of the family
with whom he lodges. He may lunch in
whatever country he happens to be visit
ing. as all the Rnseums have good ant
reasonable restaurants. Duke Sharp II
Detroit Free Press.